Eric Boyd 🦂🌵🌮🏜
@ericboydauthor
Middle Grade and SFF Writer, Avid Reader, and All-Around Geek. I tweet about writing craft and productivity.
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Would you like the chance to read IT FOUND US 4 months early? Here you go! Follow me, then RT this post for a chance to win one of the first ARCs of this spoooooky ghost story, plus a tote & tags! Tag friends for extra entries! Go! Go! Go!
Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant. D Wade. 3 killers… but 1 man behind the curtain. Performance coach & mindset engineer — Tim Grover. I spent hours studying his stuff… Here are 7 key lessons for developing killer instinct, dominating the competition & coming out on top:
The best stories aren't those that provide the most answers. Rather, they're those that make the readers ask the most interesting questions. Ambiguity is good. A story is not a puzzle or a riddle, with a single right answer. The best fiction is often mysterious and enigmatic.
When it comes to narrative perspective, how deep is too deep? Does "immersive POV" lead to over-writing? Does holding a bit more distance make for a better pace? If so, does that make for a better experience for the reader? @DonMaass explores the dilemma. writerunboxed.com/2022/11/02/the…
Can't recommend the Ubergroup highly enough! Would love to see some more #kidlit folks check it out.
Writers (fiction AND script) who want a rigorously moderated and selective Discord community, check out theubergroup.org. I'm open to queries through December. #amwriting #amediting #WritingCommunity #screenwriting #writingtips
Be honest with yourself about what you're avoiding. What causes you discomfort? What scares you? Push yourself to do it. Even just a little bit. And then do it again. This is the way to growth.
Ooh, intrigued by this (eyes my WIP and shelf of writing craft books)
My learning accelerated when I stopped reading books "just in case" they might be useful in the future. Now, I surgically read individual chapters of books—and only when I know it's the chapter that will solve my current bottleneck. Just-in-time reading > just-in-case reading.
15 years ago my PhD advisor taught me One Weird Trick for editing your own writing. Edit **back to front**, paragraph by paragraph. I still use it and it still surprises me how well it works. When I get my students to do it, it often blows their minds. Try it!
Item 4 brings fond memories of my summer in Cairo long ago. Now I want to try them all!
In Muslim countries, tea is more than just a hot drink. It is very important to the heritage, traditions and cultures in which it originates. To start the weekend, we celebrate the art of tea, with 24 different types of tea from across the Muslim world… A thread…
How I wrote over 40K words in 72 hrs! 🧵 A lot of you asked how, and now that I’ve done it twice, I def have some tips and tricks to share: First things first: This is not the time to switch up how you write. If you’re someone who likes to take their time making sure every
Appreciate this great querying info!
#amquerying humans, a friend told me last night that i'd helped her get more than 15 full requests. here's how i did that, and how i helped 33 other people get at least one partial (in some cases at least six fulls):
Please allow me to tell you the one thing that I needed someone to tell me years ago, to my face, without hesitation: "You can become a better writer, and still not get an agent." Work on your craft and optimize your chances, yes, but remember there's never a guarantee. Ever.
Translating for Korean video games taught me good revision practices. This thread covers the techniques I learned while working in the video game industry and how they made me a better fiction writer 🧵 (1/19)
I'm convinced 5 minutes of brain dump journaling before bed is the ultimate tool for lower stress, creative output, and better sleep.
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